By Peter Uzoho
For the tenth time, Nigeriaâs entrepreneurial giant and richest black man on earth, Mr. Aliko Dangote, has retained his position as the richest man in Africa with a net worth of $12.1 billion, according to the 2021 edition of the Forbesâ Top 10 Africaâs Billionaires List.
Dangoteâs current net worth is higher than his 2020 $10.1 billion net worth by $2 billion.
In the list seen by THISDAY, two other Nigerian business gurusâ the Founder of Globacom, Chief Mike Adenuga, and Chairman of BUA Group, Mr. Abdul Samad Rabiu, emerged the fifth and sixth on the list, with $6.3 billion and $5.5 billion net worth, respectively.
April 20, 2021 at 3:27 pm | Published in: Africa, Egypt, News
Nassef Sawiris, chief executive officer of Orascom Construction Industries, poses for a photograph after an interview in New York, US, on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 [Stephen Yang/Bloomberg via Getty Image] April 20, 2021 at 3:27 pm
Prominent Egyptian businessman Nassef Sawiris fortune has hit $8.3 billion,
Forbes reported yesterday. It appears that Sawiris fortune in 2020 amounted to $5 billion,
Forbes said in its annual
The World s Billionaires report.
The business magazine added that the total fortune of Sawiris – whom it described as a scion of Egypt s wealthiest family – had jumped by around $3.3 billion during 2020 when global lockdown struck as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.